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ποΈ 14 November 2023
β±οΈ 18 minutes
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Physician-scientist Anna Greka investigates the world's rarest genetic diseases, decoding the secrets of our cells through "molecular detective work." She explains how her team is using new, advanced technology to solve decades-old medical mysteries β and shows how this work could help develop precision treatments for millions of people across the globe.
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0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective This is Ted Health and I'm Dr. Shoshana Ungerlighter. |
0:19.0 | Some of the biggest mysteries out there are actually lurking in the smallest places, like |
0:25.5 | cellular small. |
0:27.4 | I'm talking about unexplored diseases that we carry in our genes, that we pass on through |
0:32.4 | generations and can have life or death |
0:34.7 | consequences. What can we learn from some deeper investigation? Well in her |
0:40.3 | TED 2023 talk Dr. Anna Grecca dives into our genes to unravel these cellular |
0:45.9 | enigmas. Think of it like CSI, but for biology. |
0:50.8 | If you doubt that solving one genetic puzzle can impact millions, Anna's insights may challenge your perspective. |
0:58.0 | Dive in as curiosity, tech, and determination collide. Hey, it's Adam Grant, host of the TED Podcast to Work Life. |
1:15.0 | This season, we worked with our sponsor UKG to share amazing stories from their workplace. |
1:20.0 | Stay tuned for a story from our archives about Brian, who's taking big strides to promote belonging. |
1:27.0 | I'm Adam Grant, and as an organizational psychologist, I believe in rethinking ideas we've taken for granted to learn how to live better. In my new |
1:34.2 | podcast, Rethinking, I ask today's greatest minds how they think and what |
1:38.8 | assumptions we should all reconsider. Listen to rethinking wherever you get your podcasts. |
1:45.0 | I'd like to begin by telling your story. |
1:47.8 | It's a short story about a special family. |
1:52.0 | In 1960, a Utah man by the name of Roscoe Nelson, a father of six, died suddenly of unknown cause. |
2:02.4 | He was 43 years old. As a surgeon himself, Dr Nelson knew |
2:08.0 | that his progressive kidney failure would ultimately take his life, but he was in the dark as to the cause and he had no |
2:16.0 | access to treatment. |
2:18.8 | Within two decades, tragedy struck again when four of Roscoe's six children also developed kidney failure. |
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